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headphones

Date: after 1988
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0290d
Classification: Headphones
Subject:
communications,
Maker: Olympus (1919-present)
Owner: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
Cultural Region:
United States, Japon,
Place of Origin:
Tokyo,
City of Use:
Cambridge,
Dimensions:
2.5 × 14 × 18 cm (1 × 5 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)
Material:
plastic, metal, foam,
Description:
Headphones that were used with the transcriber to listen the audio text in silence, without the transcriber speakers. There are no visible mark on the headphones, except for "JAPAN".
In Collection(s)
  • Polaroid and Land Collection [2]
Signedunsigned
ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.

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